WASHINGTON — After 17 years covering the Maryland counties just outside the nation’s capital, editor Judy Hruz was “devastated”...
Aug 16, 2018Six tips for breaking into podcasting
This column originally appeared in Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here. Milan Polk is...
Aug 07, 2018Writing tips from Roy Peter Clark
This column originally appeared in Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here. Roy Peter Clark...
Jul 24, 2018How ‘moral injury’ takes a toll on journalists
This column originally appeared in Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here. For the last...
Jul 09, 2018Journalists vow to ‘press on’ after Capital Gazette remembrance
BOSTON — In newsrooms across America and in many corners of the world, a moment of silence marked...
Jul 06, 2018Best practices for working with ‘fixers’ and staying safe abroad
This article originally appeared in Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here. Local journalists...
Jun 26, 2018Tips for reporting meaningful stories without the guarantees of a free press
While the United States has enshrined press freedom in the first amendment to the Constitution, U.S. journalists are...
May 30, 2018Getting your bearings in a new place as a freelance foreign correspondent
May Jeong only recently moved back to the U.S. after spending four years as a freelance foreign correspondent...
May 20, 2018Despite a sale and layoffs, West Virginia newspaper continues its tradition of ‘sustained outrage’
CHARLESTON, West Virginia — This town’s daily newspaper, the Gazette-Mail, is housed in a classic 1920s building made of...
May 09, 2018Egyptian citizens, journalists face worsening restrictions on expression under Sisi regime
In 2011, when Egypt was pulsating with post-revolution possibility, I received a grant from the Pulitzer Center to...
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